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OPINION

Letter: Delegate votes show Campfield support

Former state senator Stacey Campfield, a solid and outspoken East Tennessee conservative, was driven from office by a local media smear campaign and Knoxville's radical politically correct community. However, as a Donald Trump delegate, Campfield received more than 8,000 votes in the Knox County primary election. And those 8,000-plus votes were no fluke. As anyone who voted knows, the selection of delegates was a cumbersome and time-consuming process. Voters had to pick a delegate and then go back and scroll through the list again to pick their next choice. The delegates were listed under their respective presidential candidates, who were listed alphabetically. Since Trump's delegates were therefore near the end of the entire list, voters had to work especially hard and make extra effort to select Campfield. And that's what they did, to the chagrin, I'm sure, of many a Knoxville liberal media personality. Of the 27 Trump delegates listed on the ballot, Campfield received the seventh highest number of votes, proving that many Knox County residents still hold Campfield in high esteem and that the politically correct fascists may score short-term victories, but the voters of East Tennessee have long-term memories.

Don DeVan, Knoxville

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